THE WAR.
THE EXPEDITION TO PUERTO KICO. ByTel graph.—Press Xsw.iation. —Oopyrii >t. Wash; iton, August 4 Amgricin tcoips him bsiuj£ hurried to Puerto Eico rogurdlaaa of the peace pros* peotu. , , It is alleged that Mr Russell Alger, Secretary for War. desires as many us possible to share iu the glory of the American conquest a. "-'1 A SPANISH COMMANDER TRIED BY CODE I’-MARTIAL. CONVICTED AND SHOT. Received August 0,12 85 a.m. MADBJO, August o. Colonel Sin Martin has been tried by court-martial on a charge of abandoning Ponce (Puerto Eico) without offering any resistance, and was convicted and shot. His second in command committed suicide. ] NEARINGJTHE END. SPAIN EXPE ITED TO ACCEPT THE PEACE PROPOSALS, - Received Aupi.t 6, 12.35 a.m. New York, August 5. It is believed that Spain has accepted the fundamental conditions of the American peace proposals. The difficulties relate to minor details, which are not raised in a contentious spirit. A full acceptance is expected to-day or to-morrow.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3505, 6 August 1898, Page 3
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161THE WAR. New Zealand Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3505, 6 August 1898, Page 3
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